Stunt
Pronunciation : Stunt
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Stint.]
Definition : Defn: To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.
t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stunt
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913